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Now you've got me curious about the potential changes Forgot about the Trickle car. It is indeed an original. IIRC, the tires (4 wwalls and two slicks), mags and decals were unique to the original. I'll dig out a newer one and compare bodies. I sent a scan of the instructions to Bob at drasticplastic. Maybe Mark could throw throw some light in here on this too.

Wildfires in nature, across grasslands and the forest floor, have long been beneficial to nature, cleansing and renewing growth; however modern methods and attitudes toward suppression have proven otherwise.

Turns out, despite the difference in body length, the original amt and the mpc '69 mustang body width and headlight areas are very close to identical. With some finessing, the front of the mpc would make a vast improvement over that revell mess. The rev grill might be better to use. You'll want to file down that goofy wide flareout and taper it inward slightly at the front to match the new headlight areas.

Better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you're a fool than to open it and remove all doubt

more of those... seeing the messing with the candy supply. The lowney bridge mixture here was a staple for probably fifty years until hershey bought the company and destroyed the mix, taking the good stuff out and replacing it with their own junk. Ruined it enough that it looks like it's now gone entirely. Large lifesavers and the sweet story books are now gone as well as bugles; certs disappeared ten years ago. Small stuff, I know, in light of the major upheavals going on but still a mild irk

You're right, that's a gorgeous build The whitewall stickers came in some of the old amt kits

Nonsense, what is and what isn't, may be merely a matter of perspective.

I wonder if it had something to do with the banning of certain propellants around '89 or so. This old chevy was painted with that old testors in about '78, still gleams like a new nickel. Never had the same results with newer paint. Just picked up another thrift store kit, loaded with a bunch of the old testors bottles and what seems like an good, almost full can of that old testors spray black. Can't wait to try it Be great to see them reissue the old blues and greens. Sure was disappointed to see this new aqua I had put away turn into a weeper.

Gra(c)kles have beautiful irridescent feathers and are very gregarious.

Booger hangers! (nose hardware) Nothing destroys the appetite quicker than a extra-large presence in the drivethru window wearing barbells in her nasal cavity... maybe this fad is a stealth campaign to make America healthy again? (no, I don't actually patronize starbucks)

Iirc, it was actually a mitsu six in the full size Dodge. The diecast in question is the former 1/18 LRE, reboxed as a regular D150 tribute to law enforcement. I think some snowflake actually had the D50 specs in mind as the term MCA Jet was mentioned. I've owned both a '79 lre and a 2.6 powered lebaron and it seemed like they were slightly different powerplants Interesting thing is that no one employed there had enough knowledge to catch the error before printing.

New generation, I guess. Adults leave the room for a second and all kinds of crazy things break out in marketing Round2 has it's issues as well with their 'whale tailed' Daytona tinned kit and the latest reissue of the large scale diecast Dodge shortbox with the fine print on the box informing us it's powered by a 4 cylinder mitsubishi engine 🤣

It's all relative, isn't it? While them suthun boys be shuddering and turnin' on the seat heaters at anything below 60, a rapid 50-60 degree turnaround (chinook) here can even inspire a topdown ragtop drive

Cool to see someone actually moving on building one of these old sows! Here's local one that I always thought would make great project in scale... I'll see if I can get more pics.

aka... tee-shirt weather

It's warming up finally. The worst cold has slid past now (look out Nebraska/Iowa) and we may see 35-40 degrees over the weekend

"Master of none' seems to have close association with the phrase 'jack of all trades'.

Here's my '64 dealer truck. It had the 3 bladed hubcaps.

Oof. I'll take our twenty five below with sunny skies over that

Love that Big Sky country :)

Actually the 12th...

Cool stuff from Fireball... Grill for a '78 tow truck and wheels for a flareside 4x4; not sure which year yet